Personal & Life Coach

Awhile back, I lost a job. Well…let me refine that sentence, since it lacks a certain precision. I didn’t lose the job; I was let go from the job. It was a blow. I could share all the circumstances around it, but that’s a low-level conversation that is- frankly- not worthy of me. What I

There’s a scene in the iconic film, Terms of Endearment, when the inimitable Shirley MacLaine as Aurora Greenway unleashes an intensely emotional expression of outrage while her daughter lies in bed at the hospital suffering. With agony, despair and profound love for her child, she says: “It’s past ten. My daughter is in pain. I

The Merriam- Webster dictionary defines ego identify as “perception of continuity and coherence in one’s self-picture and in one’s social relations.” In the 1950s and 1960s, famed psychoanalyst Erik Erikson proposed a theory of psychosocial development characterized by eight distinct stages of ego identity development over the course of a human being’s lifespan. Each stage

Most of us have a boatload of “stuff” to do on a regular basis. The range of “stuff” in some ways mirrors the range of life experiences we may have on any given day- maybe even in an hour of any given day! Perhaps we have to do the mundane, such as taking out the

Today I ran. For the first time in about a year. I had been running regularly until that point for a few years. I averaged 20-25 miles a week, and for someone who was never a runner, I was fast. I ran Broad Street a couple years ago and ran 8 minute miles. Aside from

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”- Mother Teresa The CDC study on suicide is staggering. Suicide rates have increased in nearly every state in this country over the past two decades, and half the states have seen an increase of more than 30%. This

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch I LOVE this quote. There is nothing to fix, and your lives might be working very well as they are. AND? What if there is more? What is beyond the boundaries of your current concepts of safety, predictability and comfort? A more

Last fall, as part of my coach-training program, I asked many loved ones in my life to tell me how I show up in the world. I collected all the feedback and worked with my coach to distill the essence of me, as represented by five powerful words. One of those words is magnetism. Webster’s

In a coaching relationship, client and coach partner to put the client at choice. What does it mean to be at choice? I have a little story to tell because I recently came to truly understand this concept. Something came up last week. And I had some thoughts and feelings about the issue. In my

What I am most present to right now is a new and evolving concept of what it means to stand for another human being. What do you think it means? Until recently, when I thought about standing for someone else, I thought of it like cheerleading. Putting aside that the thought of me cheerleading is

As your coach, I will support you to step out of your comfort zone to generate new results, to break up patterns that do not serve you, to distill your highest commitments and to create new and more inspiring ways to live your life.